Jamuna Prasad Nishad (1953-19 November 2010) was an Indian politician representing the Pipraich constituency in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). Nishad became the Minister for Fisheries in the Mayawati government, but was forced to resign after being named on charges of murdering a policeman.
Nishad drew his political support from the Nishad community in eastern UP, and also from Muslims. He first contested in the Assembly elections in 1985 as an independent, and then again in 1989 and 1991, losing on all three occasions. Subsequently he was fielded by the Samajwadi Party (SP), and lost Lok Sabha elections to Yogi Adityanath in 1998, 1999 and 2004.
In 1996, he changed affiliations to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BSP) but lost again from Pipraich. In 2002, he changed his assembly constituency to Paniyara as an SP candidate and lost. He finally won as gram Pradhan from his native village and in the Uttar Pradesh Elections 2007, he won from the Pipraich constituency with a 7% (6,000 vote) margin.
He was appointed as Minister of Fisheries by BSP leader Mayawati.
On the night of June 8, 2008, Nishad went in his official "red-beacon" car to the Kotwali police station in Maharajganj district, near Gorakhpur, demanding that the police pursue the perpetrators of a rape on a Dalit girl. The rape had occurred on May 26, but the police resisted filing a First Information Report until June 5. The girl testified to rape in court, but an initial medical report, contested by the Dalits, had determined that there was no rape. The police then downgraded the crime to eve-teasing and released the boy accused of the crime. However the Dalit community felt that the police were biased towards the perpetrator, and Nishad was there to protest.
At one stage, the group attempted to enter the in the police station, and constable Krishnanand Rai who was not duty at that time and was in civil dress,was apparently preventing their entry. In the ensuing altercations, someone from Police or Nishad group fired three rounds in night, and two bullets hit constable Rai in the chest, killing him. This was part of an attempt to "ransack the police station and loot the armoury,", according to Deputy Inspector General of Police, G L Meena.
Two days later, the special medical board appointed by Mayawati reported that the girl had indeed been raped.
After That case he was in jail about 29 month.
Nishad died in a road accident on 19 November 2010.
After death of nishad, Nishad Community Again Become about 100 years below.